Photo EXIF Viewer & Remover — GPS, Camera & Local Strip
View and remove EXIF metadata from photos in your browser. Steps: choose an image, review GPS/camera/datetime tags, then strip and download a re-encoded copy. Example: clear location from a phone JPEG before posting — files stay on your device.
How it works
Pick a photo. The page reads EXIF/GPS and related tags in this tab, groups them, and highlights privacy-sensitive fields. Strip redraws pixels on a canvas (honoring orientation when available) and exports a new file without those tags, then checks that GPS is gone.
Rules you should expect
Reading and stripping are different pipelines. Reading inspects metadata; stripping re-encodes pixels so the container no longer carries EXIF.
- Read: parse IFD0/EXIF/GPS (and related) tags; GPS is shown as decimal latitude/longitude when available.
- Strip: decode → optional orientation fix → canvas toBlob. This removes EXIF by rewriting the image, not by editing bytes in place.
- JPEG strip uses a high quality setting but is still a re-encode — not bit-perfect. Prefer strip when privacy matters more than byte identity.
- Privacy: your file is not uploaded. A CDN may load the open-source parser; that request is library code only.
Example
A phone JPEG with GPSLatitude/GPSLongitude and Make shows under GPS and Camera. After Strip & download, re-reading the cleaned file shows no GPS tags. The built-in sample has no EXIF on purpose — use your own photo to see real location fields.
Good fits
- Social posts: remove GPS before sharing vacation or home photos.
- Marketplaces: strip camera and location tags from listing images.
- Troubleshooting: confirm whether Make, Model, and DateTimeOriginal were written.
Frequently asked questions
Does my photo leave the browser?
No. Parsing and stripping run locally. You can confirm in DevTools Network that the image is not POSTed to a server.
Is stripping lossless?
Not bit-perfect. We re-encode through a canvas. JPEG uses a high quality factor; pixels may change slightly. That trade-off is how browsers reliably drop EXIF.
How do I know GPS is gone?
After strip we re-parse the output. If GPS remains, we show an error and do not treat it as success. You can also re-open the downloaded file here.
Which formats work?
JPEG is the common case for rich EXIF. Many PNG/WebP files have little or no EXIF. Some HEIC files can be read but not stripped if the browser cannot decode pixels.
What counts as a privacy risk tag?
We highlight GPS-related fields and serial/owner-style tags. Always review the full table before sharing.
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